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    <h1 id="cupsd-8">cupsd(8)</h1>
    <h2 id="cupsd-8.name">Name</h2>
<p>cupsd - cups scheduler
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    <h2 id="cupsd-8.synopsis">Synopsis</h2>
<p><strong>cupsd</strong>
[
<strong>-c</strong>
<em>cupsd.conf</em>
] [
<strong>-f</strong>
] [
<strong>-F</strong>
] [
<strong>-h</strong>
] [
<strong>-l</strong>
] [
<strong>-s</strong>
<em>cups-files.conf</em>
] [
<strong>-t</strong>
]
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    <h2 id="cupsd-8.description">Description</h2>
<p><strong>cupsd</strong>
is the scheduler for CUPS. It implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol, version 2.1, and supports most of the requirements for IPP Everywhere. If no options are specified on the command-line then the default configuration file
<em>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</em>
will be used.
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    <h2 id="cupsd-8.options">Options</h2>
    <p style="margin-left: 2.5em; text-indent: -2.5em;"><strong>-c</strong><em> cupsd.conf</em>
<br>
Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file.
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    <p style="margin-left: 2.5em; text-indent: -2.5em;"><strong>-f</strong><br>
Run
<strong>cupsd</strong>
in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a &quot;daemon&quot;.
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    <p style="margin-left: 2.5em; text-indent: -2.5em;"><strong>-F</strong><br>
Run
<strong>cupsd</strong>
in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running
<strong>cupsd</strong>
from
<strong>init</strong>(8).

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    <p style="margin-left: 2.5em; text-indent: -2.5em;"><strong>-h</strong><br>
Shows the program usage.
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    <p style="margin-left: 2.5em; text-indent: -2.5em;"><strong>-l</strong><br>
This option is passed to
<strong>cupsd</strong>
when it is run from
<strong>launchd</strong>(8)

or
<strong>systemd</strong>(8).

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    <p style="margin-left: 2.5em; text-indent: -2.5em;"><strong>-s</strong><em> cups-files.conf</em>
<br>
Uses the named cups-files.conf configuration file.
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    <p style="margin-left: 2.5em; text-indent: -2.5em;"><strong>-t</strong><br>
Test the configuration file for syntax errors.
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    <h2 id="cupsd-8.files">Files</h2>
    <pre><em>/etc/cups/classes.conf</em>
<em>/etc/cups/cups-files.conf</em>
<em>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</em>
<em>/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.convs</em>
<em>/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.types</em>
<em>/etc/cups/printers.conf</em>
<em>/etc/cups/subscriptions.conf</em>
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    <h2 id="cupsd-8.conforming-to">Conforming To</h2>
<p><strong>cupsd</strong>
implements all of the required IPP/2.1 attributes and operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administrative operations.
</p>
    <h2 id="cupsd-8.examples">Examples</h2>
<p>Run
<strong>cupsd</strong>
in the background with the default configuration file:
</p>
    <pre>
    cupsd

</pre>
<p>Test a configuration file called
<em>test.conf</em>:

</p>
    <pre>
    cupsd -t -c test.conf

</pre>
<p>Run
<strong>cupsd</strong>
in the foreground with a test configuration file called
<em>test.conf</em>:

</p>
    <pre>
    cupsd -f -c test.conf

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    <h2 id="cupsd-8.see-also">See Also</h2>
<a href="backend.html"><p><strong>backend</strong>(7),</a>

<a href="classes.conf.html"><strong>classes.conf</strong>(5),</a>

<a href="cups.html"><strong>cups</strong>(1),</a>

<a href="cups-files.conf.html"><strong>cups-files.conf</strong>(5),</a>

<a href="cups-lpd.html"><strong>cups-lpd</strong>(8),</a>

<a href="cupsd.conf.html"><strong>cupsd.conf</strong>(5),</a>

<a href="cupsd-helper.html"><strong>cupsd-helper</strong>(8),</a>

<strong>cupsd-logs</strong>(8),

<a href="filter.html"><strong>filter</strong>(7),</a>

<strong>launchd</strong>(8),

<a href="mime.convs.html"><strong>mime.convs</strong>(5),</a>

<a href="mime.types.html"><strong>mime.types</strong>(5),</a>

<a href="printers.conf.html"><strong>printers.conf</strong>(5),</a>

<strong>systemd</strong>(8),

CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
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    <h2 id="cupsd-8.copyright">Copyright</h2>
<p>Copyright &copy; 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.
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